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The Squire on "kilt night"

  Mark A. Rayner, Esq.

"The Squire" to friends who love and admire him, "the Slasher" to strangers who dare cross him on deserted city streets, Mark A. Rayner, Esq. is the long-standing Acting Secretary of the Emily Chesley Reading Circle. As such, Mr. Rayner is the very mortar that has held the nationally renowned* ECRC together since its historic first meeting in the autumn of 1998. He has unfailingly fulfilled the duties of his 'temporary' office with aplomb, humour and the periodic threat of violence. The founding members of the Circle will remain eternally grateful for his continued contributions to the Chesleyan pursuit.

Self-described as "an evil marketing genius" by day and a science fiction writer by night, it is not surprising that a fertile imagination and malt liquor are central elements of the Squire's complex character. The product of a suburban yet cultured upbringing, he was educated in the liberal art of drama, trained in the black art of journalism, and has become skilled in the fine art of eating poutine without leaving stringy bits of cheese dangling from his stylish goatee.

Following the warrior traditions of his noble Celtic lineage, the Squire relishes the freedom of sporting his kilt sans undergarments. He plays a spirited diddly-dee on guitar, is famous in local public restrooms for singing Gaelic lullabies while pissing, and can gulp a full tumbler of Glenlivet with the grace of a Glaswegian gutter tramp (though Czech lagers are his usual beverage of choice). However, there is a gentler, more refined side to the Squire. An enlightened friend of mammals large and small, he is a practicing vegetarian, a prolific weasel-drainer, and has been observed by credible witnesses discussing the finer points of The Hobbit with his cat, Mr. Magoo, at 3:30 in the morning. He is also a master with mice, which is evident on the pages of this and other web sites.

Mr. Rayner's manly features, smartly trimmed red hair, and rakish elfin smile would look smashing on the inside jacket cover of his first novel. If you are a publisher, or know a publisher, or are friends with a friend of a publisher, the Squire would like to hear from you. Don't wait - email him today at squire@emilychesley.com, or you could go to his website: www.markarayner.com

Never mind his website, I must know more about this odd individual.

*The Squire's role as Acting Secretary of the ECRC has been publicly recognized in a feature article published by Canada's (first and better than the other) national newspaper, The Globe & Mail. [back]

--"Scholaship" by Foothills

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